Improvement in vaginal syringe



,l V@Iritrftatre V@anni @ffice JAMES` A. MORRELL, OFCHIGAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF AND ISAAC SIMMONS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No. 75,693,0Zated Varen 17, 1868.

IMPnovsMENT In VAGINAL erinnern.

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TO ALL WHOM `I'IAMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MORRELL, of'Chicagofin the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improved Vaginal Syringe; and I do ghreby'decl'are and make known that the folL lowing isafull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification. A A

'h'lysaidllinvention consists in providingthat part of the syringe which is inserted into the vagina, with an expansible device, which is inflated or expanded after being inserted, so as to'close the passage around the syringe, and thus retain the injected lluid in the vagina, and in contact with the parts being treated, as long as Vmaybe desired, when the expansible device aforesaid is collapsed, and the syringe can be removed, as is here- 'inafteriinore fully specied. i Y ,if` 'i said invention further consists in so constructing a4 syringethat after the duid has been injected into the vagina, and retained, as aforesaid, as long as desired, in contact with the parts under treatment, the said `fluid may be withdrawn from the vagina into the syringe before removing said syringe, thus enabling the lady to `-use the same while lying in bed, and obviating the necessity of placing herself over a'vessel to allow the injected fluid to trickle but from the vagina, as is necessary in using an ordinary syringe.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct anduse my invention aforesaid, I will proceed to describe the same with particularity, making reference inso doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of said invention, when not in use.

Figure 2, a side view of the same, when applied to use, the injection having been given; and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the said invention.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of my said improvement.

A represents an elastic hollow bulb or reservoir, formed of rubber or other suitable material, Whose walls are of suflicient elasticity, so that, when compressed or flattened by any external pressure', they will, when said pressure is removed, automatically expand and resume their original position. Into one end of said reservoir is fixed a collar, into which a syringe-stem or pipc,`]3, of any suitable material7 is screwed, so as to form a fluid-4 tight connection with the reservoir, or said tube B may be irremovably secured to the reservoir, if desired. At or near the connection or neck, between the reservoir and tube, are fastened or hinged two compressors, C C, 0f any suitable configuration, to confor-ni to the sides ofthe reservoir, which are provided with suitable elongations or handles, whereby the same may be grasped by the hand to compress the reservoir, as hereinafter describedi To one ofsaid handlesisA secured a knotted cord, a, which can be drawn into a suitable slot in the other handle, as seen in iig. 2, to retain the conipressersV in the position to flatten the reservoir as long as may be desired, for purposes hereinafter specified. i

If preferred, the reservoir A, instead of being of an automatically-expanding` wall o'r materialmresuming' its original position and capacity upon removing the compression, may be made of some flexible non-expansive or'non-self-expansivematerial, which could be restored or opened by moving the handles of the compresser's apart, as an ordinary bellows is operated, the closing and opening both being effected bythe application of x external force, the compressers being attached tothe sides of the reservoir in some suitable manner,

Upon tho tube of the syringe is secured, at a suitable distance from its end, and in any suitable manner, a flexible ail'saek, of some thin material, like rubber or gold-beaters skin, of a sulcient size, Whenlled with air, to close completely the passage of the vagina, the syringe having been intreduced therein before such inila tion, which is effected by blowing through a tube, T, a stop'cock, S, in the mouth-piece of the tube M, being turned to prevent the escape of the air from the sack until desired, when said air is allowed to escape and the sack contracts,

Instead of retaining the compressers by means of the cord a, as described, any other species of clasp may be used. l

Having described thenature and construction of my invention, I will describe theA operationof the same.

To fill the syringe, the bulb'is compressed or flattened, as much as may be required to expel tbe air, when,

vby inserting the tube in the fluid to be used, and releasing the compression, or otherwise expanding the bulb or reservoir, Vthe fluid is drawn in, lling the syringe as desired, which is then introduced into the vagina. '.lhe air-saek is then inflated, as aforesaid, filling it out-as indicated in Hg. 2, when the stop-cock Sis closed, retainingr the air in the sack, which is thus kept expanded against the walls of the vagina, forming a fluid-tight chamber therein above the sack. The handles of the compressers are then forced towards each other, thus expelling the fluid from the reservoir into the vagina, when the clasp a, or its equivalent, is adjusted to retain the compression as long as may be desired, thus retaining the fluid within the vagina as long as may bc required. when the fluid has remained in the vagina. as long as desired, the clasp a is released, and the reservoir expanded, which has the elfoct to wholly withdraw the iluid from the vagina into the syringe, leaving the person of the one using it free from any superfluous moisture, and rendering it unnecessary to place herself over a vessel to allow the fluid to run out when using the syringe.

It may be observed that the air-sack may be used for retaining the injected fluid in the vagina with any ordinary syringe, and the advantage of such retention he equally secured.

The construction which permits of the withdrawal of the fluid from the vagina into the syringe, is another feature of the invention which adds greatly to its convenience.

Having described the construction, nature, and operation of my invention, I will specify what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

l. I claim a syringe, provided with an expausible air-sack, susceptible of being introduced within the vagina, so as to expand against the interior walls of the passage, substantially in the manner and for the purposes specified.

2. I claim the combination ofthe reservoir A, tube B, and expansible sack D, arranged so that the injected fluid may be withdrawn into the reservoir, substantially as specified and described.

3. I claim the combination of the tube B, the sack D, or its equivalent, 'the reservoir A, and compressersv C, arranged to operate substantially in the manner set forth.

JAS. A. UORRELL.

Witnesses:

W. E. Manus, L. L. COBURN. 

